Watch-holder



B. F. CHRIST.

WATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. 1919.

1,327,701 Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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WATCH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Application filed May 21, 1919. Serial No. 298,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. CHRIST, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Idagrove, inthe county of Ida and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in watch holders, and has for its objectto provide a simple and cheap, but efficient, holder of the characterspecified having means grasping the watch to hold the same firmly, yetin a .manner easily releasable, and which is also provided with meansfor engaging the pocket to prevent accidental displacement of the watchand holder.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the improved holder;

Fig. 2 is a rear view;

Fig. 3 is a bottom edge view;

Fig. 4 is a side view.

In the present embodiment of the invention the improved holder comprisesa plate or disk 1 of suitable material, as, for instance, thin sheetmetal, aluminum or the like, having on one face means for grasping andholding a watch, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The said meanscomprises a pair of lugs 2 which overlie the plate in spaced relation asshown, the said lugs being curved to fit over the edge of the watchcase, and opposite these lugs 2 the plate has a radial extension 3.

This extension has a laterally extending tongue 1 which is bent overupon the body of the extension as shown, to grasp the stem of the watch.Referring to Fig. 3, it will be noticed that the tongue 4 is bent downtoward the extension intermediate its connection with the extension andits free end, to prevent accidental disengagement of the stem from thetongue.

The stem of the watch is grasped between the extension and the tongue.The extension is doubled back upon the rear face of the plate asindicated at 5, to form with the plate a clasp for engaging the edge ofthe pocket, to hold the holder in the pocket.

In use, the watch is placed in the holder as shown in Fig. 1, with thelugs 2 engaging over the edge of the case and with the stem of the watchbeneath the tongue 4. The holder is then placed in the pocket, the edgeof the; pocket extending up between the extension 5, which is a clasp,and the plate 1. There is sufiicient closeness between the clasp and theplate to insure a firm grasp on the cloth of the pocket, and the hem. ofthe pocket, by its greater thickness, also assists in preventingdisengagement. It will be understood that the improved holder may beconstructed of any desired material, as, forv instance, sheet metal,sheet celluloid or thin gauze, any material, in fact, having suflicientrigidity to hold its form.

It will be noticed that a loop 6 is struck up from the extension 5, forengagement by a fob or the like. It is obvious that the holder might beof any shape, other than disk shape, as, for instance, Y-shape, square,octagonal or the like.

I claim:

A device of the character specified comprising a plate shaped to fit theback of a watch and having means on one face for grasping the edge andstem of the watch, to hold it to the holder, said holder having a claspfor engaging the pocket to hold the holder in the pocket, the claspcomprising a radial extension from the plate bent back over upon therear face of the plate to lie close thereto in spaced relation, theholding means comprising lugs engaging the edge of the case at theopposite side from the extension, and a tongue spaced from the extensionfor engaging the stem of the watch between the same and the extension.

BENJAMIN F. CHRIST.

